Tide change and currents are now becoming a daily challenge... the variance around here is close to 5 feet...and the currents are as strong as any we faced on the Mississippi...these photos show the little creek by our anchorage last night at high and low tide...can you see the difference?

We also saw white pelicans today. At first I thought maybe we were seeing swans. Floyd tells me they are originally from Texas...got blown here in a hurricane and decided to stay....they sure were pretty.

For those of you who remember the Larry Vaughn speech about skinny water...I so get it now...we have been there and seen some....I think of that crazy video with him drawing boat hulls on an overhead for us Kansans...we wondered what he was thinking...Florida is all about the skinny water....couldn't resist the reminder of days gone by...

We are at Oyster Creek Marina in St Augustine...a quirky place with some interesting folks. They invited us to a potluck tonight...great food, lots of story swapping, and I got to spend quality time with a sweet little Yorkie named Ladybug.

We arrived at St Augustine in time to walk to the local winery for a tour and some samples...Napa Valley it was not...we are planning to play tourist tomorrow...we'll visit the Fountain of Youth, another historic fort, and the historic downtown shopping district....woo hoo...

LB and BB... you visited this fort as well????...notice the graffiti we found....no hair comments, I've been on a boat with that fu fu hairdryer and no haircut since Feb 3....

Last night anchored at Fort Matanzas...this morning took the dinghy over to the visitor center and then rode the ferry across to visit....great photo opportunities...